Every child deserves the opportunity to heal, grow, and thrive. Whether you give, volunteer, partner with us, or help spread awareness, your support creates enriched environments, meaningful connections, and life-changing opportunities for children and families across our community.
Creating hope and healing for children overcoming trauma.
Children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and instability need more than a place to stay.
EverForward is walking beside children through life’s hardest moments.
150 Children Per Year Supported
Thousands of Children Served
Multiple Ways to Get Involved
45+
YEARS IN
OPERATION
“Children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and instability deserve more than protection. They deserve the chance to heal, to trust again, and to discover that their future is not defined by their past.”
Tonya Ruble-Richter
CEO
Number of Florida child maltreatment victims in 2023
0+
Percent of Florida children in the system who have been victims of neglect
0%
Number of Florida children waiting for adoption in the child welfare system in 2023
0+
TOO MANY CHILDREN ARE CARRYING PAIN THEY DID NOT CHOOSE
Every path may look different for every child, but it's our goal that they all moveforward
A PATH FORWARD
A Path Forward, Built Around Each Child
At EverForward we have a simple, three step process to help those that need it the most.
ASSESS
Meet the child where they are.
Every child’s journey is unique, and so is the support they receive. Ever Forward creates an individualized, trauma-informed path towards healing.
SUPPORT
Build the right support.
Through enriched environments, therapy, life skills development, educational support, community-based services, and trusted partnerships, we build a continuum of care around each child.
STAY
Walk toward healing.
Personalized mental health services help children and families heal, grow, and thrive as they continue moving forward on a path that works for them.
Your involvement can help provide mentoring, life skills, therapeutic support, educational opportunities, creative programs, career exposure, and the steady care children need to believe a brighter future is possible.